To sign a valid will you must have "Testamentary Capacity" In other words, you must be of "sound mind and body" when you create or change a Will and you must understand the legal effect of signing a Will. If someone can establish that you were not of sound mind and...
Month: January 2018
What If Employment Discrimination Doesn’t Mean Termination?
Too often we think of employment discrimination in black and white terms. We believe that there is no legal recourse unless an employer uses an employee's race, age sex, disability, or national origin, etc. as its sole basis for terminating an employee. But the truth...
New Jersey Expands Discrimination Protections
Last week, the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination ("LAD") was expanded to prohibit discrimination and harassment on the basis of breastfeeding and to require employers to provide certain reasonable accommodations for nursing.The LAD prohibits discrimination and...
Playing by the Rules
It is often said that you have to know the rules of a game to play it well. A recent decision by the New Jersey Appellate Division, Sawa v. Sawa, exemplifies this principle and insists that you must know the rules and play by them. The case concerns a defendant father...